William R DeWolf

Military
media-39415.jpeg UPL 39415 William R. DeWolf. B-17 Co-Pilot. Top Row, second from left.

Matthew T. Brown. Grandson of William R. Dewolf

Object Number - UPL 39415 - William R. DeWolf. B-17 Co-Pilot. Top Row, second from left.

Hit by flak just before reaching the target in the Pas-de-Calais area, FR on 26 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-97663 crashed NE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, FR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany.



POW

He afterwards worked in the hardware business. He died 1 January 2000 in Oroville CA.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Revisions

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306th Echoes April 2000

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Matthew T. Brown. Grandson to William R. DeWolf

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3483, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany: The History of the 306th Bombardment Group pg. 225-226.

William R DeWolf: Gallery (7 items)

Object number: UPL 39415 - William R. DeWolf. B-17 Co-Pilot. Top Row, second...

Object number: UPL 39750 - William R. DeWolf in his B-17.

Object number: UPL 39751 - Flight training. Photo from William R. DeWolf

Object number: UPL 39752 - William R. DeWolf in front of the B-17 ball turret...

Object number: UPL 39753 - B-17's in formation on a mission over Germany.

Object number: UPL 39755 - Items made by William R. DeWolf while in prison...